Car-journal oiler



Jan. 20, 1931. F. RADCLIFFE CAR JOURNAL OILER Filed Sept. 20, 1929 2Sheets-Sheet 1 duomwq 7 Jan. 20, 1931.

F. RADCLIFFE 1,789,498

CAR JOURNAL OILER Filed Sept. 20. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 g'rvuentoz time:

Patented Jan. 20, 1931' PATENT OFFICE FRED RADCLIFFIL OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA CAR-JOURNAL OILER Application filed Septeniber 20, 1929.Serial 1T0. 894,026.

7 The object of the invention is to provide a device for oiling thejournals of street and railway car axles by the continuous supply of oilfrom a reservoir or tank carried on the journal box; to providea deviceof this nature in which the oil is fed from the reservoir or tank to anoil channel in the bearing and thence transferred to the journal throughappropriate ducts connecting with the channel, the means connecting thereservoir with the channel being valve controlled and belng within thebox so as to reduce to a minimum the possibility of its being tamperedwith by unauthorized persons; to provide a journal oiler of which part.of the equipment comrises a wiper plate disposed opposite the caringand yieldingly impelled against the journal and carrying an oilabsorbent material in contact with the journal; and to provide aconstruction which is of simple form, susceptible of cheap manufactureand ofa character that will permit its installation on existingequipments without any modifications of the latter.

With this object in view the invention consists in a construction andcombination of parts of which a preferred embodiment 1s illustrated inthe accompanying drawings,

wherein:

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a conventional journal box showing theinvention applied in operative position.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of a portion of the journal boxbroken away to expose the bearing and wiper plate.

Figures 3 and 4 are transverse sectlonal views on the planes indicatedby the l1nes 3-3 and 44 respectively of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view of the wiper plate and its attendantsupporting spring.

As illustrated, the invention is shown employed in connection with aconventional journal box 10 provided with a spr n actuated cover plate11 which, when raise permits access into the interior of the box for anyattention that may be necessary to the bearing 12 and its attendant wier plate 14. The bearing 12 is of the usual orm and is seated under thewedge 15 in the usual manner but to incorporate the advantages of the.invention is provided with a longitudinal channel 16 with which spacedradial ducts 17 communicate and permit any oil received into the channelflowing on to the journal 18.

The oil supply is carried in a tank or reservoir 19 mounted on top ofthe journal box and secured thereto in any appropriate manner,

the tank extending out over the hinge 20 of the cover 11. To clear thelatter and the actuating spring of the cover, it is formed with aclearance space 21. The removable plug 22 closes a fillingopening'on/top of the tank through which the latter {may be suppliedwith oil.- The contents of the tank are subject to atmospheric pressureby reason of the vent formed in the top as shown in Figure 1;

or the removable plug 22 may be provided with such vent hole.

To conduct the oil from the tank or reservoir to the channel 16, thereis provided a flexible tubular member 23 one end of which is taped in tothe forward end of the hearing, as indicated at 24 and the other end ofwhich is connected with a valve 25 which is in com munication with thetank 19 at the bottom. The plug 26 of the valve is formed with a kerf 27by means of which a screw driver or similar tool may be employed toactuate the plug and secure the desired seating of the latter to permitthe flow of oil from the reservoir into the channel at approximately therate it is required. The flexible tubular conductor 23 and its attendantvalve are housed within the journal box so as to be unexposed and wherethe likelihood of tampering with' the valve by unauthorized persons isreduced to a minimum.

The wiper plate 14 is made preferably of I formed and is therefore anintegral part of the latter but which is provided with an, additionalreinforcing arm 33 extending from it to the upper convolution of thespring. The s ring is of a compression form and when the sldes of the100 30, the spring bearing on the bottom of the journal box forces thewiper plate towards the journal, keeping the absorbent mat 29 in con-.tact therewith, so that the oil which flows through the ducts 17 and onthrough the journal is caught by the mat and therefore retained foruse-on the journal.

The wiper-platemay be readily moved when desired by raisin the cover 11and thereafter depressing t e plate and withdrawing itand its supportingspring from the box. Thus the removal of mats 29 is rendered easy andthe substitution of the new wiper plate when necessary made possiblewithout difiiculty,

Since the oil that passes from the ducts on to the journal is notdissipated by being deposited on the bottoin'of the journal box but iscaught by the wiper plate and thereby kept into contact with the journalto effectively exhaust its lubricative properties, the supply from thereservoir may be only at the rate necessary to accommodate the ournal inaddition to what is conserved by the wiper plate. The invention havingbeen described what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. A car journal oiler for use in connection with a journal box having abearing mounted therein and formed with a longitudinal channel, thejournal box having an access opening closed by a cover plate, areservoir mounted on top of the box, a flexible tubular conductorconnecting the reservoir with the channel, and

a valve inter osed in said conductor, the valve and the con uctor beinginterior to the journal box.

2. A car journal oiler for use in connection with a journal box having abearing mounted therein and formed with a longitudinal channel, thejournal box having an access opening closed by a cover plate, areservoir mounted on top of the box, a flexible tubular conductorconnecting the reservoir with the channel, and a valve interposed insaid conductor, the valve and the conductor being interior to the journal box, the valve havin its plug formed with a screw kerf foractuation by a screw driver or like tool and being disposed close to theaccess opening.

In testimony whereof he aflixes his signature.

FRED RADCLIFFE.

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